14U – 90 Mins #5

Team Name
Location
Palmdale Pony
Date
02/22/2018
Start Time
06:00
End Time
7:30
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:45 (BELOW GOLD)
Early Activity Wiffle Cricket stopwatch 5:45-6:00 timer 15 Minutes
Wiffle Cricket is a drill used primarily as an Early Activity.  It involves only wiffle balls, so no athletes are throwing before being warm, and can...Read More
notes Notes:
HIT = Points earned per base touched & hit again / OUT = Everyone rotates one spot.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 06:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Dyn Warm Up 14U #2 stopwatch 6:00-6:10 timer 10 Minutes
~ SEE "EXECUTION KEYS" BELOW FOR AGE-SPECIFIC SUGGESTION LIST ~ The Dynamic Warm Up is today's warm up routine.  Gone are the days of standing in a...Read More
notes Notes:
Involve your own exercises if you have them. If you don't, probably time to get to the gym.
Throw Long Toss – Time & Distance stopwatch 6:10-6:20 timer 10 Minutes
Many coach's believe that throwing is the most important drill in practice.  Why then, would catch play be cut short or rushed through?  Dugout Captain...Read More
notes Notes:
Long toss is function of max distance reached and time spent there. Push it.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Rundown FlyBy’s
stopwatch 6:20-6:32 timer 12 Minutes
Show ball, est lane, go hard, toss dart. Finish with football pattern.
Double Play Turns 2B
stopwatch 6:32-6:45 timer 13 Minutes
Right foot to ball, left foot to target, throw.
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 6:50-7:02 timer 12 Minutes
BP Reps: Live Arm
3 Step Hitting
stopwatch 7:02-7:15 timer 13 Minutes
TEACH: Quiet feet. One step ONLY.
Baserunning Fundamentals: Sliding stopwatch 7:15-7:25 timer 10 Minutes
Fundamentals of Sliding is a drill designed to introduce athletes to the proper way to execute a feet-first slide.  Safety is paramount to sliding and...Read More
notes Notes:
Mental / Finish Life Lesson Discussion stopwatch 7:25-7:30 timer 5 Minutes
Life Lesson discussions provide the opportunity to briefly talk about the characteristics of a champion.  Use the Dugout Captain suggestions for each...Read More
notes Notes:
NO FEAR - Play free! See discussion notes below.
PITCH & CATCH How To Coach: Pitching #3 stopwatch 7:30-7:30 timer 0 Minutes
How to Coach: Pitching #3 is the third lesson in Dugout Captain's series designed to teach pitching.  The focus on this segment is on Position #2 / POWER....Read More
notes Notes:
Lesson #3 - Focus moves to POWER position. Use distance & direction to measure // 29 pitches

"Missed more than 9000 shots. 26 potential game-winners. Lost 300 games. “Failed” over and over. THAT is why I succeed!"

– Michael Jordan

NO FEAR (of failure)

  •  Play free! Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.
  •  Learn from your mistakes (embrace them, don't endorse them)
  •  Grow, grow, grow - Always learn, always improve, always push ahead.